Evolving Global Information Infrastructure and Information Transfer

This book for professionals and students in library science, information studies, and the sociology of knowledge applies existing models of information transfer to help readers understand how information is created, recorded, mass-produced, distributed, and used in society. The book provides a perspective of how society and technology have evolved over time to arrive at the current digital age and explains the relationships among the technologies, organizations, and people that form the current global information infrastructure. The book also addresses the changing roles of library and information professionals. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Robert J. Grover, MLS, PhD, is retired associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies at Emporia State University, where he held the position of dean and professor of the School of Library and Information Management.

The late Roger C. Greer, PhD, MLS, was a creative thinker in the public and academic library professions for more than 50 years. He was dean emeritus of the School of Library and Information Management, University of Southern California; former dean at Syracuse University; and professor emeritus at Emporia State University.

Herbert K. Achleitner, MALS, PhD, is professor emeritus of the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University.

Kelly Visnak, PhD, is scholarly communication librarian at University of Wyoming, where she provides instruction, consultation, and policy support for issues related to fair use, copyright retention, open access, data management plans, and the library's digital scholarship repository.